Hi Phil,
25% does not seem to be a magical number. I changed R1,R2,R6 and R7 in the original model from 200 to 100 Ohms, and the optimal on-time changed to17%.
73 Alex VE3NEA
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I have built a model of the single switch mixer and get the same result. The
conversion loss is lowest when the on time is 25%.